MMG Faculty Honors

Professional Leadership Roles:

Sean Morrison, Ph.D., has recently won the 2008 Harland Winfield Mossman Award, which recognizes remarkable discoveries in stem cell biology.

Kathleen Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected for a 2008 Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The selection was based on the scientific excellence of her proposal, the potential for translation of her results into the clinical setting and her potential as a mentor for the next generation of Physician-scientists.

Sally Camper: 2007 Roy O. Greep Award for Research Excellence from the Endocrine Society

Eric Fearon: Associate Editor, Cancer Research; Editorial boards, Genes, Chromosomes, & Cancer, Laboratory Investigation, Current Biology, Neoplasia, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Senior Editor, Molecular Cancer Research; Consulting Editor, The Journal of Clinical Investigation

David Ginsburg: Editorial Advisory board, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Stephen Gruber: Editorial board, National Cancer Institute
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Jun-Lin Guan: Editorial board, Journal of Biological Chemistry from July 2007 to October 2012
Editorial Board: Cell Adhesion and Migration, 2006 -
Editorial Board: Cell Research, 2006 -

Sean Morrison: Editorial board, Stem Cells

Gilbert Omenn: Editorial boards, Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics, Expert Review of Proteomics, Clinical Proteomics

Alan Saltiel: Editorial boards, Current Opinion in Oncologic, Endocrine and Metabolic Drugs, Cell Metabolism; Board of Consulting Editors, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Steve Weiss: Editorial board, Journal of Cellular Physiology

National and International Service:

Eric Fearon: President, American Society of Clinical Investigation

David Ginsburg: External Scientific Review Panel, NHLBI; Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine

Tom Glaser: Reviewer, NSF International Research Fellowships

Stephen Gruber: Site visit team, NCI, Laboratory of Population Genetics; Chair, Colorectal Family Registries Advisory Panel, National Cancer Institute; Advisory board, National Cancer Institute, Colorectal Family Registries; cancer Genetics Education Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Jun-Lin Guan: Regular Member, NIH Cell Structure and Function study section, 2005-2007
Regular Member, NIH Pathobiochemistry study section, 1998-2002

Gilbert Omenn: Chairman of the Board and immediate past President, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, Report Review Committee of the National Academies of Science

Sean Morrison: Executive Committee member, International Society for Stem Cell Research; Program and Public Policy Committees, American Society fo Cell Biology

Elizabeth Petty: Reviewer and standing member, NIH-NCRR Clinical Research Review Committee; Reviewer, Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program; Mentor, American Society of Human Genetics/NHGRI

Steve Weiss: Permanent Member, NIH Pathobiochemistry Study Section; External Reviewer, Biomedical Research Council of Canada, VA Career Development Program and VA Medical Investigatorship

Yuan Zhu: Reviewer, Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Research Program

Awards and Honors:

Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., was recently honored at the HUPO (Human Proteome Organization) 6th World Congress as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service Award. (see http://www.hupo.org/communications/HUPO_awards/) This very distinguished annual HUPO Award is the major award to recognize the dedicated service and contribution an individual has made to HUPO. It is intended to recognize the indispensable contributions made by exemplary members of the proteomic research community to the organization and mission of HUPO. Dr. Omenn was given a plaque and recognized with a ceremony at the 6th World Congress of HUPO, which took place October 6-11, in Seoul, Korea.

Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D., received the International Society for Hematology and Stem Cell's McCulloch and Till Award on September 30, 2007, "In recognition of exceptional scientific contributions to the field of hematology and stem cells."

Jun-Lin Guan: Keynote Speaker, NHRI Conference on Cell Signaling and Developmental Biology, Taiwan, 2007

Stephen Gruber: City of Hope Visiting Professor, 2006; Marvin Pollard Professor of Internal Medicine, 2006

Sean J. Morrison: Henry Sewall Professor of Medicine, 2005; Detroit News Michiganian of the Year, 2006

Elizabeth Petty: Named one of “ America’s Top Pediatricians” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2006

Alan Saltiel: Election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, 2005; Distinguished Scientist in Basic Research, Clinical Ligand Assay Society, 2006

Yuan Zhu: Paul Daniel Bogart Leadership Chair of Research, Brain Tumor Society, 2006

Eric Fearon: Third Annual DSR Sarma lectureship in Oncologic Pathology, University of Toronto, 2005

David Ginsburg: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005; 24th Annual Jeanette Piperno Memorial Award, Temple University, 2005; NIH MERIT Award, 2001-2011